[1][2][3] Initially the premiere of the film was scheduled to take place on December 31, 2018, on the personal YouTube channel of the director.

[4] But after the Magnitogorsk apartment block collapse, which left multiple victims, the release was postponed to January 3, 2019.

After the appearance of information in the media, a number of famous personalities immediately began to criticize the film, despite the fact that it had not yet been screened.

[7] Andrey Turchak appealed to the Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, that under no circumstances should he issue a rental certificate for the film.

[10] The media noted that if Holiday were not given a rolling ID, this would be the second time that a film comedy was banned in Russia, the first being The Death of Stalin.